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Here at BlackBook, we pay a lot of attention to where cool customers go out -- bars, clubs, restaurants, shops, hotels, you name it. So why not flip the frame and let you see where we go out? Here's a periodically updated, exhaustive list of hotspots currently favored by everyone at BlackBook, from the mighty bosses down to the humble interns, from the charming local lounges around the corner to the jet-setting temples of luxe living.

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We spent a pleasant Saturday at the 'Roo under blue skies and only a moderate amount of mud and standing water. Right in the middle of some dedicated people-watching, when we thought life couldn't possibly get any better, we snagged a few treasured minutes with Chris Keating, lead singer of Brooklyn-based band Yeasayer, and Gregg Gillis, the sometimes controversial mash-up DJ known as Girl Talk. Gregg attracted a monstrous crowd for his 2:30 a.m. set on Friday night, and Yeasayer, directly followed by MGMT, filled the house and killed it at their late-night Saturday show. Luckily for those in attendance, they threw in a few very catchy tracks from their soon-to-be-released album. MGMT followed suit, and although every single one of the festival's pseudo hippies/wannabe hipsters was there to pay tribute, no one was feeling their new tunes.

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Blood flows in the in the streets of New York City today -- Mary's blood. It's the 75th anniversary of the sanguine spirit, and to celebrate, TGIF's Times Square location is selling Bloody Marys at 1933 prices -- a recession-friendly 99 cents. But if you're not game on pushing through crowds to get there, here are some other NYC spots guaranteed to satisfy your thirst for blood.

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